Johnny Depp owes Amber Heard $ 2 million but refuses to pay

Did you think you were done with the judicial soap opera of the year? You are wrong. At the end of their highly publicized trial, Johnny Depp did it revived hostilities against Amber Heard. This time the actor refuses to pay the $ 2 million that the court sentenced him to pay his ex-wife.

Johnny Depp wins the case but refuses to pay

Last June, Johnny Depp emerged as the big winner of the trial against Amber Heard. The latter had been sentenced to pay him $ 10 million in damages.

For his part, Johnny Depp had been recognized guilty of defamation. In the columns of Daily mailhis lawyer Adam Waldman he had in fact qualified as “setting up” the allegations of sexual assault made by Amber Heard. The star of Pirates of the Caribbean he was then sentenced to pay $ 2 million to Amber Heard.

However, Johnny Depp made it known through his lawyers that he did refused to pay this amount to his ex-wife, believing it the jury’s decision was wrong.

A “wrong” judgment according to the actor

In a 44-page text published on November 2 on Law and crime networkJohnny Depp’s legal team said so “The trial was marked by many legal problems, And […] some decisions are wrong “.

Among the arguments advanced in this text, Depp’s attorneys state that” no evidence of malice of Mr. Waldman had been shown at the trial “. They explained thus: “Mr. Waldman used to work freelance and his conduct could in no way be automatic attributable to Mr. Depp. “

The actor seems determined not to pay Amber Heard a cent … We remember that the latter had made it known at the end of June that she challenged the decision taken during the trial and therefore intended for appeal.

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